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MOSES l`LEAVITT AND VAZARIAH FOSTER, OF OTTAWA-ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. V78,975,1Z0Lted June :16, 1868.

itrnovrn WASHING AND'WRINGINe-Mtcnmn' To lALL WHOM Ir MAY. coNcERN:

Beit known that we, MOSES LEAVXTT and AZARIAH FOSTER, of Ottawa, in thecounty of 'La Salle, in the State loflfllinois, have invented new andimproved Washing and wringing-Machine; and we do hereby,dcclare that thefollowing is a full and exact description therect", reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of' referencennarkedthreon.

The nature of our invention consists in constructing a washing andwringing-machine on acheap and simple plan, the operation of which iseasily-.understood by any person, and which can be constructed by anyordinary mechanic without the help of machineryr l Ounnvention alsoconsists in a certain combination of an extra roller', by which themachine can be used both for washing and wringing, thus dispensing withthe cost and lincninbrance of a separate wringer.

'To enable othersdskilled the arts to make and use nur invention, wewill proceed to describeits construir.

tionand operation.

Figure I in the drawin'gis a 'horizontal plan'. Figure@ is a verticalsection through a b, hg, 1. Figure Slis a view of the lever, withrollers attached. We construct-a tixb, A, ot`,boards, jointed together\vat'ertightand the`front part slanting upwards. -Inside of thistuh Alare fastened two slide-ways, B B, in which` sli'desthe lever C, fig. 3.This lever is made of two arms, d al, one cross-handle, e, one smoothroller,f, onebucket-rcller, g, and of a brace, t. v

' Atl the ends of the arms @Z d are the blocks o o, which areI the partsthat engage between the ways B B.

"Each ofthe rollers fand-g is supported by" springs jj and 7c lc. IAtcach of thc blocks o o are attached staples, to which are linked thebrass wires ZZ, and to these brass wires are attached the elastic cords-m m, which pass over the grooved` pulleys D D, and are fastened underthe tub at E, Inside of the tub A is adapted the elasticrboard F, whichis fastened at the forward end only, the rear part being made tovr riseand come 4down on to a crosspiece,'G, by the pressure of the lever C.Insaid elasticbonrd F is also'cut a seriesof slots, into v which movableslats .n n n are inserted, hinged at 1 7, and which r'eceivc a pressureupwards by the springs q. The object of this combination of the slats'net n and springs g with the board F is to compensate for inequalitiesin thethickness of :the clothes to be washed, as the slats n n n willalways press upV theclothes against the roller. o i l To operate themachine, the tub A is'tilled with snds up t@ the lowestjpart of theelasticboard F, the leverl C is inserted, with the bucket-roller down,as shown'in the drawings, Vthe elastic cords m m being passed over YThemachine will then he ready forwashing, which operation is performed' bypushing the bucket-roller g down past the elastic board Fpand thenpullingrsuddenlyaback, which motion 'is assisted hy the action of theelastic cords m m. The su-ds will lodge in the buckets ot` th'rolier g,which suds will then sprcadiover the clothes Aon theel'astic board F.The Aroller g is then passed over the clothes, giving vpressure withvthelever C, andvoccasionally dipping'cut morcsuds with the buckets of theroller g, until the clothesnre clean. f A

When the machine is to be used .for wringing, thelever G is turnedupside downfwhich brin-gs the smooth rollerf in contact with the elasticboard F. The clothes arc then laid on tbesaid board, and the rollerfpnssedV 4 over them, giving pressure byjmeans of the lever C, when the.water will be-eiilectunlly pressed out of the clothes.

What we claim our invention, and desire to'secure by LcttersPatent, is fThe smoothrollcrf, in combination with the bucket-roller g, the arms cld, the springsjj, and the springs t 7c, substantially as Vdescribed'. 4

2. The hinged slats n, n n and the springs g, in combination with theelastic board F, substantially as and for the. purpose' described Vinthe foregoing specification;

i MOSES LEAVITT,

Y AZARIAHl FOSTER.

Witnesses:

HiLoN L. MEAD, JOHN S. Dswnr.

